Watergate Summer
In 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer's determination to broadcast a Congressional investigation mattered to our democracy, and revolutionized television news
Today, in preparation for the prime time broadcast, beginning at 8 p.m. tomorrow night, of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, I offer you an excerpt from my book, Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy (Basic Books, 2020). Fro…
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